Tho it's more PINK than 'ruby' there are some ruby red overtones in the blossoms. I show you my RUBY TUESDAY for the week. This is a photo of one of our patio flower pots that are now coming back to life since the cooler nights. The flowering plant is Dianthus...what my grandmother and mother called "Sweet Williams". Guess today it's quite redundant since they mean the very same....I LOVE the fragrance of these flowers...like carnation! And these lovely single petal blossoms are much more hardy than carnations. They, like carnations, form a very similar seed pod and quite profusely I might add. They do well in shade and full sun, but to get a more productive plant...partial shade is ideal.

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I like your dianthus. Great colors, so bright. I think Sweet William is a subset of dianthus, as in, a Sweet William is a dianthus, but not all dianthus are Sweet William. But don't take my word for that.

Happy Ruby Tuesday and love to see the Scarecrow, one of my favorite Oz characters.

I photograph as many wildflowers as I can come across, and in the Spring/early Summer we have lots of pinks (dianthus) in our fields. They're much wispier than these, but I love their bold variegation and Atom Ant positivity!

Anni, Your flowers are absolutely beautiful. Grandma grew Sweet William. I had some many years ago, but they didn't winter well. I think if I had planted them in a different spot they would have done better...maybe next year.

Anni, I love your new look! Your Heads or Tails is cute. I'm not so clever with the rhyming. I tried pig-latin on my hubby and he had never heard of it. Can you imagine?!

I love the dianthus, too. My MIL calls them Sweet William, but my grandmother called them Pinks. Back in the 50s and 60s when I was just a sprout, G'ma had a large bed of pinks. I don't remember for sure, but it seemed like she had 10 different colors. Probably only 4 or 5. Our childhood memories always seem so much bigger than they really were.

Omigosh, Pig Latin...I had SO forgotten about that! lol I don't know if I should thank you or smack you for reminding me! LOL It used to drive me crazy!!!

I have Sweet Williams growing in my Faerie Garden, as well as in my other flowerbeds and I agree, they are such beautiful flowers. The seed comes from my late mother in law who used to grow them at her house before she sold the house and moved into a Senior Citizen Home.

Now I'm heading for bed, humming Way Down Yonder In New Orleans....xoxo